Situated near Historic Fort Snelling, the park is also adjacent to the Twin Cities International Airport and ranks as one of Minnesota's top 10 tourist attractions, with an average of over 400,000 annual visitors.
This beautiful park is set just below Lock and Dam 1 (Ford Dam). The landscape ranges from manicured park to wilder slopes and forest. It's a great place for birding, fishing, picnicking, walking, and bicycling. Hidden Falls itself is a small waterfall off the beaten path. It may be dry in periods when we have little precipitation.
Sitting on top of a high bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and downtown Saint Paul, Indian Mounds Regional Park is a sacred place of burial that has deep significance to the to living Indigenous Peoples as a cemetery where their ancestors are buried.
This park takes its name after the beautiful stream and its spectacular falls that plunges 53 feet into a gorge before running out to the Mississippi River. Trails lead in all directions, including down the gorge to favorite river shorelines.
Spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife viewing, and more than two miles of trails define this unique park where there are many opportunities to see our nation's greatest river up close.
Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring) is a sacred area for the Dakota and other Tribes. Mni Owe Sni’s primary feature is the spring which begins in the upland area of the site and flows down to the confluence with the Mississippi River. The lands of the Mni Owe Sni area are managed by the National Park Service in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society, US Department of Veterans Affairs, and Tribes.
